Goodricke College, York

Goodricke College
Goodricke College, Heslington East campus
University	University of York
Location	Heslington East, York
Motto	"Setting the standard"
Established	1968
Named for	John Goodricke
Provost	Matt Matravers
Deputy provost	Sarah Napoli-Rangel
Administrator	Sarah Hay
Dean	Paul Summers
Undergraduates	1,500
Postgraduates	140
Website	Goodricke College
JCR	Goodricke JCR

Coordinates: 53°56′54″N 1°01′52″W / 53.94846°N 1.03111°W / 53.94846; -1.03111

Goodricke College is a college of the University of York. It was founded in 1968 and named after the astronomer John Goodricke. Goodricke has approximately 1500 undergraduate members, of which some 500 live in college accommodation, and about 140 postgraduate members, of which most live in college accommodation.

Goodricke College was opened in 1968 by Michael Swann and was the fifth college to be built. The opening of Goodricke is commemorated by a plaque on the outside of the Old Dining Hall - now part of James College.

While Goodricke College was located on Heslington West, it had four accommodation blocks: A, B, C and D. Blocks A and B were standard university accommodation, built to the CLASP system invented by Andrew Derbyshire, and situated near the main college Nucleus. C-block and D-block were whitewashed brick buildings, considered to provide a lower quality of accommodation to A- and B-blocks. C-block was located next to the college Nucleus, while D-block was situated on the other side of the university lake from the main college buildings. The reason for the detached nature of D-block is that it was once part of Wentworth College. The internal walls of Blocks C and D were noted for their lack of plaster. Campus legend has it that this lack of plaster is due to fire regulations requiring a minimum width in corridors.

During the 2002 York University Students' Union (YUSU) 'Collegeopoly' campaign about accommodation rent Goodricke College C Block was deemed to be the worst accommodation at York University, inspiring the unflattering nickname Cell Block C. The Campaigns Officers created a mockup of a Monopoly board with different accommodation blocks taking the places of the traditional streets. Goodricke C-block took the place of Old Kent Road.